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    1. [NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC] Nail Factory Cemetery location
    2. Christopher Philippo via
    3. 1861 Map showing Nail Factory Cemetery http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e3-4f37-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99 1861 Map showing Nail Factory Cemetery overlaid on Google Satellite image https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7Mt-S77wZKfXzdaa3lCWl9Zakk/edit?usp=sharing 1881 Map showing Nail Factory Cemetery http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e3-68ab-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99 1881 Map showing Nail Factory Cemetery overlaid on Google Satellite image https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7Mt-S77wZKfSTluSlF0ZTZxQkk/edit?usp=sharing It’s hard to be sure, given imprecision of old maps, and the imprecision involved in trying to overlay them on a satellite image, but the eastern line of the cemetery seems to be about in line with the east side of red-roofed buildings, and the cemetery’s southern boundary may have been right behind those buildings. The northern boundary may have been about in line with Lark Street, and the western boundary is less clear - possibly corresponds to where the trees end and the clearing starts on the satellite image. Chris

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